Field is too small to accept the amount of data

Field is too small to accept the amount of data

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I am getting a failed to open a rowset error with the following:DAO Error Code: 0xc5bSource DAO.DatabaaseDescription: The field is too small to accept the amount of data you attempted to add. Try instering or pasting less data.

How can this be? Is there a way around this? Crystal keeps crashing on me in this report when I try to add a field or a group.

RE: Field is too small to accept the amount of data

I did have fields larger than 255. I split them out into two fields. HOWEVER, it keeps crashing on me whenever I add a field (text, report, anything). I am installing the service pack right now and I hope that helps. I have already unistalled and reinstalled CR twice.